Last winter I bought three baby rose bushes, and the first one has flowered. I would claim gardening brilliance, but the success is probably mostly due to my having planted it and then left it alone. Here, have a rose:

It's a lot more red in the flesh (petal?) than it looks here; the light was being a bit unco-operative. It's called Rock 'n' Roll, which is largely why I bought it, but it's really funky. Smells amazing, too. The other two roses haven't flowered yet, although one shouldn't take too long now. I shall attempt to update you accordingly. You lucky people. :)

Very attractive:) A psych-rock plant with all the different pinks and reds? The Move? Are plants more classical than rock? There's a BBC four doc in it! I hope your rose doesn't live fast and die young;p

Roses are pretty obliging really. I'm no gardener, but I haven't done anything drastic to one yet! Provided they don't get eaten alive by greenfly, they seem to do okay on their own. Don't let them get too dry if it doesn't rain in a while, but otherwise leave them to it. Apparently you're supposed to feed them, but I never have, as that's a bit too much like proper gardening.

Yes, the modern hybrids can be a bit rubbish in the scent department. The place where I bought mine from rated each one according to scent and ease of growing though, so it wasn't hard to choose good ones. Rock 'n' Roll actually only rated a 3/5 on scent, but it's really good. Rose #2 rated 5/5, so presumably will be even better.